Plants Thrive on Compost Tea: Online Class July 9

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Gila County’s Cooperative Extension team continues an innovative summer series of Thursday morning one-hour classes on a variety of garden and horticulture topics this week on the topic ‘compost tea.’ July 9 at 11 a.m. use the link arizona.zoom.us/j/97209424913; or find direct links at the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension website (like and follow Gila County Cooperative Extension on Facebook, you’ll find the link conveniently there, too).

Why make your own compost tea? Arizona organic gardener Richard Johnson will explain on Thursday, he’s been making compost for the past 20 years, after moving to Tucson in 1988 and learning desert gardening and composting from the Tucson Organic Gardeners club -- which is now in its 49th year. Applying these techniques to his one-fifth-acre lot, he was able to use his homemade compost to grow vegetables year round, despite summertime and brutal 115-degree heat, and lows of 17-degrees in winter. Last year he became a UA Master Gardener in Gila County. Compost tea is a term that’s often misused and misunderstood by gardeners. Old methods of making it have limited benefits and may end up harming your plants more than helping. Learn what actively aerated compost tea is all about. In this informal one-hour online live presentation you will learn about what equipment to use, how to make compost tea yourself -- and for very little money. How to “brew” compost tea, what to do with it once you have it and what it does for your plants. Do your plants a favor and give them a shot of the beneficial microbes that deliver first class plants in your garden. These popular webinars are arranged and moderated by Chris Jones, Extension Agent for University of Arizona Gila County Cooperative Extension. Want to be added to his invite list for future gardening and horticulture workshops hosted by Gila County Cooperative Extension? Call Chris at 928-402-8586 or email ckjones@email.arizona.edu . Join Thursday’s compost tea workshop at arizona.zoom.us/j/97209424913